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5 Actionable Insights From 2Q 2022 Bank Earnings

South State Correspondent

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. We used the S&P Global database, earnings releases, and investor calls to gather the first hundred banks releasing 2Q numbers as of 8/2/2022.

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55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators

PYMNTS

The paper cited positive data from a large swath of UK tour operators. Bus operator National Express reported a 185 percent increase in bookings for spring and summer trips compared with bookings made during the same period in 2020.

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Dollar General piloting self-checkout-only stores

Payments Dive

The test will involve about 200 of the discount retailer's 18,000-plus locations and run throughout 2022, Chief Operating Officer Jeff Owen said Thursday during an earnings call.

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Grab-Singtel Ramps Up Hiring For Singapore Bank; Plans 2022 Launch

PYMNTS

will hire 200 people before launching publicly in early 2022, Bloomberg reported. Bloomberg quoted Reuben Lai , senior managing director of the company's FinTech operation, as having said, “There is no other platform in Singapore that delivers daily essential services to the lives of our customers, multiple times a week.

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Virtual Reality Gains Traction In Retail

PYMNTS

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. and Europe by 2022.

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Physical And Digital Retail Unite For The New In-Store Experience

PYMNTS

Now there are signals that a physical retail rebound is forming up. presidential election in the rearview mirror and 2021 right around the corner, a new shift is underway: the slow but certain move back to shopping inside retail stores — an experience that people still crave for the experiential joy it brings. With the U.S.

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Citi to spend $11B on tech in 2022

BankInovation

“This year, we've budgeted approximately $11 billion, which is a 30% increase compared to 2020,” Stuart Riley, head of Institutional Client Group (ICG) technology and operations, said recently during Citi Investors Day 2022, which was referenced during the bank’s first-quarter earnings […].

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